Infinite Paths: The Raging Phoenix

"Gaining power for the sake of gaining power is retarded. I won't say that you need to be like me, who wants to train every day and spend time with my family and friends, but power shouldn't be your ultimate goal." Rain said. "Think deeply about what you really want, and think about that when the fight starts… and then your strength won't have any limits. Geez, my skin is crawling at my own words."

The warriors smiled, but their tension and morale didn't drop, and Rain wasn't done with the speech. It was time for the final push…

"I don't think that this will be the first battle that I will lead you guys too, and that, in a sense, is unfortunate since it means that there are many retards in this world who will keep us busy," Rain said. "But this is fine… we will fight for a long as the enemies keep bringing wars to our lands.

We will defeat and destroy them and make them have the following final thought: I shouldn't have picked a fight with them. From now on, I will show to all assholes in the world what I am willing to do and Believe me, and it won't be pretty to them… so, I will tell you this just once: fight with me and let's give our enemies this one final message: don't mess with us."

Every member of the Raging Phoenix unleashed a mighty roar, their voices rising in unison as they roared with unwavering determination. Simultaneously, they pounded their weapons against their shields in a resounding display of their fighting spirit.

The collective sound was so thunderous and powerful that it sent shockwaves through the land for several kilometers in all directions. The earth itself seemed to tremble beneath the weight of their resolve, and the thunderous war cry echoed through the air for several minutes, a testament to their unity and total commitment to their cause.

"It is time to go, men," Rain said. "I hope that you enjoy the trip."

Those words made everyone frown, but then, eventually, they understood what Rain meant by that. He created an ice layer beneath their feet, and then a massive ice platform began to emerge them from the ground. Three thousand people and their luggage had all been carried by Rain… that was just insanity, but that only made the warriors feel like Rain was unbeatable.

Truth be told, Rain couldn't do all that by himself… it was beyond human means, after all. Even after equipping all the skills that enhanced his magic power and even with his relics and buffs, Rain couldn't transport all of those soldiers across the human kingdom… he had some tricks, naturally.

The first trick was Meditation Mastery; it was already at level seventy, so he could recover more than three hundred points of mana per minute, but he still needed potions.

For quite a while, Rain had been buying all the high-quality potions that he could for the sake of emergencies, and he was drinking them with a tube while they were hiding behind his cloak, but that was fine with him since it was also improving his magic abilities.

"It seems that Rain has outdone himself this time," Jori said while he watched his friend in front of the entire army with his arms crossed and making them fly a few meters above the ground. "Still, how come he can move so many people… by the way, where are the magic people and the former members of the king's blade?"

"It is a secret, and it is a secret as well," Terra replied. "Rain assumed that the enemy can see us somehow, so he has been doing some things behind the scenes or below the scenes, I would say."

Rain called all the members of the raging Phoenix to join him. He only left a few squads in the dungeons, towns, and cities to control the battles in those locations and to send them reports if something happened there. The enemies didn't have that mobility, in theory, so speed was their best weapon.

At first, everyone thought that it was weird that Rain decided to keep everyone in the same spot, but that was only because he didn't want to split his focus. As long as his family and friends were where he could see them, he would be able to fight without worries.

In any case, while speed was their strength, even Rain couldn't move as fast as usual… he still had to pace himself… it took one day for them to arrive in the nearest village closest to the coast and at the same time, the squad located there had arrived as well.

"Commander, the enemies in this area are two thousand beast people, two thousand magic people, and five thousand unknown monsters."

"... Describe the appearance and the behavior of the monsters," Rain asked while he was having a hard time fighting a terrible headache since carrying so many people and using so much mana wasn't that easy.

The captain of the squad had a hard time describing the monsters, and his expression was one of astonishment and disbelief as he struggled to put into words what he had witnessed. Rain, however, quickly pieced together the puzzle, recognizing the creatures that had come to their attention. They were ice trolls, hulking and powerful beings known for their brute appearance.n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om

Trolls were tall, standing at least ten feet tall, with thick, rugged skin that resembled frozen stone. Their eyes glowed with an eerie, violent light, giving them an unsettling appearance. These creatures possessed immense strength, capable of lifting boulders and trees with ease.

But what made trolls truly unique were their regenerative abilities. Wounds that would prove fatal to most creatures healed swiftly for trolls. Severed limbs would grow back, and even injuries that should be mortal slowly mended. It was this remarkable regenerative power that made them diehard and annoying adversaries in battle.